Tag: Border Surveillance
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Modern border surveillance: Frontex’s techno-racist vision becomes sharper
The EU border agency aims to use space and stratosphere technology to automatically observe migration routes. However, this highly upgraded view from above also raises questions. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex presents in a current report “Earth…
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New dimension in border surveillance: Frontex wants to send millions in technology into the stratosphere
The EU border agency wants to close a “gap” between aircraft and satellites with high-flying platforms. Spain is already using the technology against migration over the Atlantic. A test flight over the Mediterranean will take place this summer. Frontex wants…
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Von der Leyen on ‘weaponisation of migration’: From now on, refoulement of refugees is allowed
The EU Commission has published a communication according to which states are authorised to pushback refugees to Russia and Belarus if they ‘use migration as a weapon’. This opens the floodgates for even more human rights violations. On Wednesday, the…
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Border surveillance and control: EU has invested 3.5 billion in anti-migration research
With significant involvement from Frontex, the EU Commission has funded more than 800 migration-related security research projects over the past 17 years. The aim is to bring the external borders up to the latest technological standards. Since 2007, the European…